DATE:
2021-08-12
5,906 results
DATE:
2021-08-09
Storm Bay Research Program
The Storm Bay Research Program is a suite of FRDC research projects that will provide scientific knowledge and tools to guide sustainable management of impacts from Atlantic Salmon farming within Storm Bay. The research projects are being conducted by the Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial...
DATE:
2021-08-09
Marine plastics
Summary
Global plastic production has increased exponentially since the 1950s (Geyer et al. 2017). About three percent of global plastic production ends up in the oceans, and plastics are now ubiquitous in the world’s oceans, including marine sediments (Ritchie and Roser 2018). In 2010–11,...
DATE:
2021-07-19
2016-2017 Financial Year Portfolio Assessments
BCA 16-17 Summary Aggregate Evaluations
BCA 16-17 FRDC Project 2011-042 Student PhDs
BCA 16-17 FRDC Project 2011-070 AGD
BCA 16-17 FRDC Project 2012-015 BSC in Shark Bay
BCA 16-17 FRDC Project 2012-024 INFORMD2
BCA 16-17 FRDC Project...
DATE:
2021-07-19
2015-16 Financial Year Portfolio Assessments
BCA 15-16 Aggregate Evaluation Summary
BCA 15-16 FRDC Project 2008-002 CPUE
BCA 15-16 FRDC Project 2008-306 Economics for Fisheries
BCA 15-16 FRDC Project 2008-327 Agribusiness Scholarships
BCA 15-16 FRDC Project 2009-303 Australian...
DATE:
2021-07-18
FRDC project impact assessments - the benefits of research
Evaluating the outcome of a research project in an annual report is difficult because many projects run over multiple years and there is a period of time between when R&D is undertaken, completed and then adopted by end users as to when the total value of the investment is realised.
The time...
DATE:
2021-07-09
Representative organisations
The FRDC is accountable under the Primary Industries Research and Development Act (PIRD Act 1989) to representative bodies nominated by the responsible Minister.
The FRDC has three representative organisations appointed under the legislation:
Australian Recreational and Sport Fishing...
DATE:
2021-07-09
Indigenous fishing
FRDC shares the vision expressed by Reconciliation Australia: “A united Australia which respects this land of ours, values the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island heritage and provides justice and equity for all.”
FRDC’s shared vision for fishing and aquaculture is Fish Forever 2030:...
DATE:
2021-07-09
About post harvest
Elements of the post-harvest sector have previously been considered part of the aquaculture or commercial fishing sectors but, more recently, they have become a sector in their own right.
There are many opportunities to improve the profitability of fishing and aquaculture in the post-harvest sector....
DATE:
2021-07-02
About aquaculture
An extra billion consumers globally are expected by 2030, needing an estimated additional 25 million tonnes of seafood. With limited room for expansion in the commercial fishing sector (wild-catch) most of the additional supply will have to come from aquaculture.
Aquaculture is one of the fastest...
